POS for burger joints and pizzerias

A burger joint or pizzeria operates similarly but with two unique pains: combos (which almost everyone sells and almost no POS handles well) and complex modifiers (yellow or white cheese, brioche or regular bun, add bacon, no onion, extra mustard, etc). If your POS does not handle combos as their own entity and modifiers in a single flow, you will be creating 200 separate products for what is really 10 burgers with variations.

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What your POS needs to do if you sell burgers or pizza

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How a typical burger joint uses El Nido

Friday night:

• Customer orders combo: 1 classic burger with bacon and yellow cheese (no pickles), curly fries, cola.
• Cashier builds the combo in 4 taps. The POS applies the combo price (not the sum of parts).
• Order to kitchen with timer. After 5 minutes flashes yellow, after 10 red.
• Printed ticket with breakdown so the customer sees what they ordered, total with suggested tip.

Real case: Taviano Pizzería in León (2 locations) runs combos, complex modifiers and multi-location with El Nido since April 2026.

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Combos as their own entity, not a sum

Many POS systems force you to create “combo 1” as a separate product from its parts. That is a problem: if you change the burger price, the combo does not update. And if you want to know how many burgers you sold, it does not include combo burgers. El Nido solves this: the combo is its own entity with selectable slots. When the customer builds their combo, the POS deducts inventory from burger, fries and drink, but charges the combo price. Reports show real sales per product.

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Delivery + takeaway

If you sell through apps (Uber, Rappi, DiDi) you can register order origin and at end of day see how much came from each channel. This matters because apps charge different commissions (25-30%) and you want to know if delivery is worth it.

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Points card for burger joints

Regular customer accumulates digital points in Apple Wallet. Redeems for free combo at 10 visits, or for a discount on next order.

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When you do NOT need a POS for your burger joint

• You sell 10 burgers a day from your driveway.
• You have no employees.
• You do not use delivery apps.
• You do not care about measuring combo margin.

For that size, a notebook works. The POS starts paying when there is volume, several kitchen stations, frequent combos or growth to multi-location.

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What it costs at your size

• Lite: MXN $349/month. Small burger joint or pizzeria, 1 location.
• Business: MXN $999/month. Advanced combos, KDS, complex modifiers, recipes with cost, AI assistant.
• Multi-location: from MXN $1,499/month. Shared catalog across locations.